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Cerebral venous thrombosis in Latin America: A critical review of risk factors, clinical and radiological characteristic...

Published in Frontiers in Neurology

Normas emocionales en la movilidad centroamericana. Orden moral, ideal familiar y comunidad emocional en El Salvador del...

Este artículo estudia la conducta moral y sexual de los pobladores del actual El Salvador en el siglo XVIII, un período de considerable movilidad, tanto social como geográfica. Propone la existencia de un conjunto de normas emocionales ad-hoc a la realidad geográfica, económica y social de la región. Al ser un tema poco estudiado, sus fuentes princ...

Cerebral venous thrombosis in Latin America: A critical review of risk factors, clinical and radiological characteristic...

Published in Frontiers in Neurology

Background Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare disease that frequently occurs in young women of childbearing age, with variable clinical presentation in regions with limited access to diagnostic imaging or specialized neurological care. In the last decade, there has been an increase in the number of studies on CVT in Latin America, which may...

Sustainable, integrated control of native vectors: The case of Chagas disease in Central America

Published in Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

Despite successes in reducing transmission, Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) remains the greatest economic burden of any parasitic disease in Latin America afflicting mostly the poor and further contributing to poverty. We review a long-term (2001-2022), integrated Ecohealth approach that addresses sustainable development goals to reduce r...

Diversity of Deep-Sea Echinoderms From Costa Rica

Published in Frontiers in Marine Science

Echinoderms are a highly diverse group and one of the most conspicuous in the deep sea, playing ecological key roles. We present a review about the history of expeditions and studies on deep-sea echinoderms in Costa Rica, including an updated list of species. We used literature and information gathered from the databases of the California Academy o...

Biophysical and Biocultural Upheavals in Mesoamerica, a Conservation Perspective: Mountains, Maize-Milpa, and Globalizat...

Published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Three upheavals shaped southern Mexico to Panama (SMP) biodiversity: 1. The Great American Interchange that allowed migrations between the Neotropical and the Nearctic biogeographic realms; 2. human colonization with the generation of Mesoamerican cultures; and 3. the Spaniards’ arrival and globalization. Tectonic events generated a narrow piece of...

Engaging Honduran Science Diasporas for Development: Evidence From Three Consolidated Networks

Published in Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics

Honduras' underdevelopment of the higher education system, national economic constraints, and low investment in science and technology (S&T) have created significant challenges in training, employing, and retaining its science workforce, resulting in what is known as “brain drain” in literature. There are no official statistics of Honduran scientis...